Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Itaipu, owned by the governments of Brazil and Paraguay, operates the Itaipu dam across the Paraná River. of the energy consumed in Brazil and 72.5% of consumption in Paraguay. million MWh), breaking its own world record for energy production, which occurred in 2008, with the generation of 94,684,781 megawatt-hours (MWh).

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Paraguay is the greenest place on the Earth to own and drive an electric car, thanks to its hydro-energy driven electricity grid.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

But naturally, they get their energy from somewhere, and that somewhere is a country's electricity grid. Electric cars are often described as "zero emission vehicles". That's true, to an extent - you won't find a drop of any substance eminating from their non-existent tailpipes.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2009

In addition, their study includes jatropha, an energy crop. In general they found that bioelectricity is more water-efficient than first-generation biofuels (due largely to the ability to use the entire biomass to produce energy, rather than just the starch or oil fraction of the yield for liquid fuel production).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

This new project sees Iveco collaborating with Itaipu Binacional, an organization which manages the largest hydroelectric generating station in the world on the border between Brazil and Paraguay. The vehicle is also equipped with an energy recovery system, enabling the vehicle to recharge its batteries under braking conditions.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2021

ECB Group Paraguay and Shell Trading (US) Company signed a multi-year contract that will provide more than 500 million liters (130 million gallons US) of renewable diesel and renewable jet fuel per year to Shell, one of the world’s largest energy companies. The contract is expected to run from 2024.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

The project marks collaboration between Iveco and Itaipu Binacional, an organisation that manages the largest hydroelectric generating station in the world on the border between Brazil and Paraguay. The vehicle also includes an energy recovery system similar to the KERS used in Formula 1. So what makes the Electric Daily so special?

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